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No. 10 Michigan State Uses Big Second Half to Pull Away from Michigan for 83-67 Win
1/29/2022 3:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – No. 10 Michigan State used a big second half run and pulled away from rival Michigan for an 83-67 win on Saturday afternoon at the Breslin Center.
Freshman guard Max Christie (Arlington Heights, Ill./Rolling Meadows) scored 16 points and had three rebounds to lead four players in double figures for the Spartans.
Junior forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]) added 15 points, six rebounds and three steals, redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point/Marquette) finished with 14 points, two rebounds and two assists and sophomore guard A.J. Hoggard (Coatesville, Pa./Huntington Prep [W.Va.]) had 11 points and a career-high 10 assists
Records
Michigan State improves to 16-4 overall and 7-2 in the Big Ten, while Michigan falls to 10-8 overall and 4-4 in league play.
Recap
·         The Spartans led by four points at the break, 39-35, and used a 14-3 run over the opening 6:58 minutes of the second half took a 53-38 lead on a breakaway dunk from senior forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville).
·         Michigan pulled to within 11 points, 64-53, after a conventional three-point play from Hunter Dickinson with 6:33 left, but the Spartans responded with a Hoggard layup and a 3-pointer from Hauser with 5:41 remaining to push the lead back to 19 points, 72-53.
·         The Spartans took their biggest lead, 78-58, on free throws from Hall with 3:05 left in the game.
·         Michigan State went into the half with a 39-35 lead, using an 11-5 run over the final 4:05 to take the advantage.
·         Behind 14 points from Dickinson, the Wolverines had taken an early 14-8 lead on a pair of free throw from Caleb Houstan at the 14:29 mark.
·         The Spartans inched back and used an 8-4 run to tie the game at 18-all on a free throw from Christie with 9:21 left before the break.
·         There were two more ties and six lead changes in the next five minutes before Michigan took a 30-28 lead after a 3-pointer from Eli Brooks with 4:23 to play.
·         Trailing by two points, Hall hit a 3-pointer at the 4:05 mark to give MSU a 31-30 lead and a 3-pointer from junior guard Junior guard Tyson Walker (Westbury, N.Y./Christ the King/Northeastern) gave MSU the four-point lead at the break.
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Key Stats
·         Michigan State connected on 55.4 percent of its field goals (31-of-56), including 59.3 percent in the second half (16-of-27).
·         The Spartans shot 50.0 percent from 3-point land (9-of-18).
·         The MSU bench scored 33 points.
·         The Spartans out-scored Michigan, 28-16, in fast break points.
·         After committing nine first half turnovers, MSU had just four in the second half.
Notes
·         Michigan State's record against Michigan is now 87-102; the Spartans are 53-38 all-time in East Lansing and 22-8 at the Breslin Center.
·         Head Coach Tom Izzo is now 31-19 all-time against the Wolverines.
·         This was the 659th career win for Izzo; he needs three more wins to pass Bobby Knight for the most overall wins by a Big Ten coach.
·         The Spartans shot 55.4 percent from the floor, the seventh time this season shooting at least 50 percent.
·         It was the 20th time the team out-shot its opponent.
·         The Spartans shot 50.0 percent from 3-point land, the fourth time this season hitting at least half of their shots from long distance.
·         MSU was out-rebounded (36-32) for just the fourth time this season.
·         The MSU bench out-scored its opponent for the 12th time this season.
·         The bench has scored at least 25 points 12 times and at least 30 points on seven occasions.
·         Max Christie scored 16 points, his ninth game in double figures this year.
·         Malik Hall scored 15 points, his 10th game in double figures this year and the 18th of his career.
·         Joey Hauser scored 14 points, his fifth time in double figures this season and the 19th of his career.
·         A.J. Hoggard had his first career double-double, with 11 points and 10 assists.
·         Hoggard's 10 assists are a season-high and tied for the most by an MSU player this year with Tyson Walker (10 vs. Louisville and 10 vs. Oakland).
·         Marcus Bingham Jr. blocked four shots, giving him 144 for his career, which stands in third place on the MSU all-time list; he moved past Adreian Payne, Brandon Dawson and Nick Ward and needs three more to pass Matt Costello (2012-16) for second place.
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Up Next
Michigan State hits the road for its next two games, starting on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Maryland (ESPN2, 7 p.m.).
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